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Central Command Area of Responsibility  (Apr. 23, 2003) -- The guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) crewmembers conduct a Pre-Action Calibration fire from the ship's forward 5" Mk 54 gun while conducting underway operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.  U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau.  (RELEASED)
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Photo description

Photo Date
 April 23, 2003
Photographer
 Chief Journalist Alan J. Baribeau
Caption Writer
 LCDR Paul Jensen Dep Dir NVNS
Copyright Status
 Public domain / free use
Service Branch
 US Navy
Primary Equipment
 DDG 75
Other Visible Equipment
 Mk 54 gun firing
Plane Number
 Not available
Base
 Not available
Tail Code
 Not available
Squadron
 Not available